Be in Milwaukee on June 19

A leading national activist for peace and impeachment, David Swanson, will speak on “Peace, Impeachment & Election Day: Which Comes First?” in a Milwaukee appearance on Thursday, June 19.

Swanson will speak at 7 p.m. in Cudahy Hall, 1313 W. Wisconsin Ave., on the Marquette University campus. His talk is sponsored by the Iraq Moratorium, Peace Action-Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Impeachment Committee, and the Marquette University Center for Peacemaking. The event is open to the public at no charge.

Swanson is co-founder of the AfterDowningStreet.org coalition, creator of ImpeachCheney.org, the Washington director of Democrats.com, and, a board member of Progressive Democrats of America, of the Backbone Campaign, and of Voters for Peace. He serves on a working group of United for Peace and Justice, the nation’s largest peace coalition.

He has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a communications director, as press secretary for Dennis Kucinich’s 2004 presidential campaign, and briefly as a consultant to Kucinich’s 2008 campaign. His website is www.davidswanson.org